Fine and imprisonment. A violation of this chapter shall constitute a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $350 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. For the purpose of conferring jurisdiction upon the courts and judicial offers generally, violations of this chapter shall be deemed misdemeanors and for such purpose only all provisions of law relating to misdemeanors shall apply to such violations. Each week's continued violation shall constitute a separate, additional violation for purposes of imposing fines.

Each offender separately liable. The owner of any building, structure or parcel of land, or portion thereof, where anything in violation of this chapter shall be placed or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith and who may have assisted in the commission of any such violation, and every person who commits, takes part in or assists in any violation of this chapter, shall each be guilty of a separate violation and upon conviction thereof shall each be liable to the fine and imprisonment, or both, hereinbefore specified.

Continued violation. If any said person in violation of this chapter fails to abate said violation of this chapter within 15 calendar days after written notice of said violation has been personally served upon said person, or within 30 days after written notice has been sent to said person by registered mail at said person's home or business address, said failure to abate the violation shall be deemed a willful refusal, and said person shall be liable to an additional fine not exceeding $350 or imprisonment for an additional period not exceeding six months, or both such additional fine and imprisonment.[1]

Additional remedies. In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used, or any land is divided into lots, blocks or sites, in violation of this chapter or the Village Law, the Board of Trustees of the Village, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, use or division of land, to restrain, correct or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure or land or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about such premises.

Existing remedies. The remedies provided by this chapter shall not affect any remedy otherwise provided by general law or any other special statute for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.

General. The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and shall be interpreted and applied as such.

Noninterference and precedence. Except as otherwise provided herein, this chapter shall not interfere with, abrogate, annul or repeal any local law, ordinance, rule, regulation or permit previously or hereafter lawfully enacted, adopted or issued, provided that where the requirements of this chapter conflict with the requirements of other lawfully enacted local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or permits, the requirements which are the most restrictive or which impose the highest standards shall take precedence.